**About Santos**
Santos is a leading independent producer of oil and gas committed to ever-cleaner energy and fuels production. With operations across Australia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and North America, Santos has been supplying reliable and affordable energy for over 65 years.
**About the Assignment**
The primary objective of this position is to supervise all aspects of aviation operations for the Santos Offshore in a way which optimises risk and value in order to contribute to Santos' competitive advantage and meets the overall business objectives.
Assist the Aviation Team Leader (Offshore) through the supervision of personnel logistics and aviation services required to support the Company's operations and development projects across WA and NT.
This will be delivered in line with company values and in accordance with the Santos Management System.
**Core Accountabilities Include**:
- Lead through example the company values and ensure compliance to the Company's standards and procedures as defined in the Santos Management System (SMS)
- Mitigate or minimise risk to the business through proactive management strategies.
- Drive efficiencies through continuous improvement and innovation, leveraging available technologies
- Work collaboratively with key internal stakeholders to ensure business needs are understood and supply chain strategies aligned.
- Understands team purpose and role accountabilities that need to be delivered.
- Contributes to delivering on cost reduction efficiencies and value creation strategies as directed.
- Effective and timely collaboration with internal and external stakeholders as required.
- Upholds and ensures compliance with all company standards and processes.
- Ensures compliance with and adherence to standards for EHS performance and behavior consistent with Company's environmental, and health & safety vision and policies and standards.
**Role Specific Accountabilities**:
- Supervise the delivery of:
- Aviation contractor management and performance of aviation operations
- Aviation assurance
- Aviation emergency response capability inputs
- Company aviation facilities and infrastructure; and
- Personnel field travel coordination.
- Supervision of the team Offshore Aviation Coordinators in WA / NT.
- Provides limited technical support to aviation activities within Santos
- Provides input into the development and maintenance of the Aviation Procedures as part of the Santos Management System
- Monitor compliance with and adherence to the Santos Management System
- Effective and timely engagement and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
- Support the design and optimisation of aviation solutions that meet operational or project requirements
- Monitors Contractor performance to ensure service levels meet contract scopes
- Provide oversight to teams that coordinate field travel
- Leads continuous improvement and efficiency optimisation activities
- Supervise tracking and closure of audit findings and Client Occurrence Reports.
- Conduct annual review of all aviation documents and maintain document control for all aviation records.
- Conduct annual aviation reporting for rotary and fixed wing movements.
- Provides KPI reporting on aviation operations
- An overriding commitment to health, safety, environment responsibility and sustainable development.
- Delivers safe and effective aviation solutions raised through the Santos travel management system.
- Maintains and/or supports accurate cost control of all aviation services, including invoice validation.
- Conducts analysis on aviation activities and performance and sets actions to improve performance
- Supports major projects and development with aviation planning
**This contract assignment is initially offered for 12 months, engaged via Chandler Macleod. Location for this role is Perth, working full-time office hours.**
**About You**:
- Full working rights to live and work in Australia - Essential
- Completion of High School Education
- CPL / LAME
- TBOSIET
- CA-EBS
- MSIC
- Formal aviation qualification (desirable)
- HLO (desirable)
**Required Experience**:
**_ Expert:_**
- International Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) aviation standards
- All aspects of Aviation operations and industry standards
- Aviation and travel requirements in the offshore Oil and Gas sector.
- Aviation operations (Rotary and Fixed Wing) and transportation legislation
- Santos Management System
- Assurance processes
- Risk management and risk assessments
- Relationships and Influence
- Team Effectiveness
- Process Orientation
**_ Competent:_**
- Strategic Thinking
- Developing Organisations and People
- Getting Results
- Analytical Thinking
- Santos Business Model
- JV / JoA Frameworks
- Technical knowledge of SAP and VPOB (Desirable)
- Safety leadership, with working understanding of offshore Safety Cases and Environmental Plans.
**_ Basic_**
- Commercial negotiations
- Supplier Relationship management
- Commercia